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446. Chainsaw Retrofit to Net Zero and the Secret Powers of the Energy Advisor
CHASING NET ZERO SERIES AUDIO BLOG By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca For Stephen Magneron, a “chainsaw retrofit” offered the precise remedy to convert a 1970s bungalow into a high-performance net-zero residence. This description might evoke a horror film where Leatherface uses a chainsaw to tear apart a house. Yet “chainsaw retrofits” are an established—common approach for upgrading older homes. “We chopped off the overhangs, and then we wrapped the building with an airtight membrane, and then insulated it with a Larsen Truss system on the walls and the roof,” says Stephen Magneron, a master energy advisor with…